Beatty didn't help though. I would say Baas was probably our worst offensive lineman, Diehl wasn't very good at LT this past year but at G he played well. McKenzie's game really took a dive at the mid-end of the season. Boothe was pretty damn good down the stretch and Snee was above average but not as good as we're used to. So Beatty might not have been the problem, but he wasn't good either.

The biggest difference in the run game was when Petrus and Booth were playing, which is why I feel they should both be starters. I don't get this talk about Mosely starting or competing for a starting position just yet, but as I thought, they are looking at him as a guard as well as a tackle. Petrus has played some center, and since he really isn't the best passblocker it could shield that. So my lineup would be:

Beatty-Boothe-Petrus-Snee-Diehl

Our left side doesn't have as much weight, but Boothe's range and athleticism is something I like in a pulling guard, he is very good in the open field vs the small dbs.

If beatty can't hold down the job, Diehl and Locklear would likely be the tackles. But I feel that Petrus is best fit at center if we are going to start him. One more thing, Baas sucks.

i was going to say the diehl was our best oline man last season. kinda by far

Diehl's versatility makes him an asset, but he average at both positions this past year I felt. Boothe was very impressive, watching over games you see how key his blocks were and how confident we were with him matching him 1 on 1 with wilfork in the superbowl multiple times. btw Boothe didn't hold on that play, that was bull.

Diehl's versatility makes him an asset, but he average at both positions this past year I felt. Boothe was very impressive, watching over games you see how key his blocks were and how confident we were with him matching him 1 on 1 with wilfork in the superbowl multiple times. btw Boothe didn't hold on that play, that was bull.

Wilfork admitted it wasn't a hold. I feel that call kept that game from getting ugly early.

If they don't call that hold, we go in and score, and it's 16-3 going into half time. At that point the game is very different, and we could unleash an all out pass rush like we did in the 4th quarter and it probably would have been a very one sided game.

Let's be real, while our run game didn't pick up a lot after he left, it still got a little better. And when Beatty was in the lineup, we simply could not run left at all. Not even for 2 yards. When Diehl went to LT we could at least get 2 ypc on the left. It wasn't great but it was still an improvement.

And his miscommunication on stunts/blitzes is just awful. He can't be trusted out there. He's just not good.

If you want to be honest about it, from a consistency standpoint, our best OLmen throughout the year was probably Boothe. He's the one guy on the OL that we routinely want out of the lineup but to be fair, he was probably our best OLmen this year. He's versatile, he's good but not great, he's a great guy to have on the bench.

I'm hoping Brewer can step up as our RT this year, but realistically, we're gonna have to crash and burn with Beatty before we make a change to the OL. Diehl will probably start out at RT.

I can understand giving Bass the job out of camp and seeing how he does. But if he continues to struggle, I hope we don't have a huge leash with him because of the contract. I get we can't cut him because of cap issues, but he can sit the bench at 4.5 million, or whatever it is, if he plays like last year.

Our OL got better at run blocking when Petrus and Boothe stepped in, I think that made a bigger difference than the down grade from Beatty to Diehl. Or is it a coincidence that our running game went back to **** once Baas came back and Boothe pushed Petrus out of the lineup until Baas settled in and then we were just mediocre running the ball. That's why I just want our starters to stay healthy, cause once they start getting nicked up our running game goes to ****. A healthy year from Baas, Snee, Diehl, Beatty/Locklear and Petrus/Boothe. That's all I ask from the OL.

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Once he settled in with them, he was better than O'Hara ever was for Cleveland. *shrug*

Give him an actual offseason to settle in with his team-mates and good health...he stops being my biggest concern. With Petrus and Boothe at LG our interior OL should be strong.

It's OT where I'm worried, Beatty if he stays health and so can keep his weight up could solve a lot of problems, if the new guy from Seattle's any good that would solve a lot of problems, if any of the developmental guys work out that solves our problems...we've got guys that could be solid starters once they all gel. That's the thing though that does worry me, with how long it takes lineman to really gel I'm more concerned with our starters staying healthy than with who the starters actually are.

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But what about Petrus at C? That way Boothe doesn't have to snap and is probably as mobile as Petrus. Petrus also then wouldn't be as crucial in pass pro because he could be helped more easily.

I'd rather Petrus focus on improving his pass blocking than having to start learning how to snap and make the line calls from a new position. If he can't improve his pass blocking, he's not a starter along a quality OL, could still make a great jumbo TE/6th Lineman like 69 used to be, but that's it.

Baas is our best bet at Center for next season with Boothe an excellent backup should we need to kick him into the middle, especially since he's an experienced enough player where we can devote a lot of his offseason on getting those shotgun snaps clean and learning how to make all of the adjustments.

I think we're planning to open camp with the 1st string OL looking like Beatty-Petrus-Baas-Snee-Locklear, with Diehl at LT and Boothe at C for the second stringers, at least until the battle for the starting Tackle and LG spots starts to become clearer. That way Diehl gets his reps at LT for when he surpasses Beatty on the depth chart and Boothe can really focus on his snapping and doing all of the pre-snap center stuff while we give Petrus a shot to win the LG spot. Ultimately I think our OL will come down to Diehl-Boothe-Baas-Snee-Locklear but seasons end, but I'm very pessimistic about our OL, even though I acknowlege the excellent potential there if everything works out perfectly and we don't forget to turn injures off.

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JPP is a better and more productive player than Brandon Graham

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Is Shaun Hill a top 10 QB? Definitely not. Is he a top 20 one? Almost certainly.